Posts About "Kyle Brodziak"
Do Oilers Have Any Real Buyout Options?
June 18th, 2019 There are a number of teams in the NHL preparing for the NHL Entry Draft, the free agency interview period or July 1 where spending money has become a dangerous habit for general managers. While new Edmonton Oilers GM Ken Holland may not have anything big on his agenda over the next two weeks, there are things he needs to do. And,...
Oilers, Brodziak Banking on Successful Reunion
September 13th, 2018 As far as reunions go, Kyle Brodziak returning to the Edmonton Oilers isn’t exactly a move anyone would consider to be earth-shattering. Not overly surprising, as we are talking about a former seventh-round pick going back to the team that drafted 15 years earlier. At 34-years of age, the St. Paul native may be past his prime but he...
Will the Blues Lack Veteran Leadership?
July 27th, 2018 There has been a heavy turnover of the St. Louis Blues' roster in the past month, including the departure of several key veterans. The team has parted ways with many of their most experienced players. Will the 2018-19 Blues miss these veterans or will they soldier on with new leadership? Familiar Faces Gone Over the course of the last...
Yakupov Returns to Edmonton for the First Time
October 20th, 2016 When the Edmonton Oilers parted ways with Nail Yakupov earlier this month, it concluded a tumultuous four-year relationship between both parties. The Oilers drafted Yakupov first overall in 2012, and he was the second of two first overall picks by Edmonton to get dealt this summer. Taylor Hall was traded to the New Jersey Devils in...
3 Stars of the Night: May 21
May 22nd, 2016 It’s the most, wonderful time, of the yearrrrrrrr! Who doesn’t love playoff hockey right? This is what we wait all season for, this is why most of us became fans of the game, as the postseason captivates us year after year after year. My personal favorite part is the dying minutes of a one-goal game when everything is a scramble,...
Wild Watch: Mikael Granlund Breaks Out
September 4th, 2015 Today, we continue our Minnesota Wild previews and predictions with Mikael Granlund. Previous previews: Mikko Koivu, Jonas Brodin 2014-15 Review Last season, Mikael Granlund was, well, honestly, he was pretty disappointing. After a dazzling performance during the Wild's playoff run in 2013-14, Granlund seemed to finally have...
Kyle Brodziak is Going Blue
July 3rd, 2015 After trading T.J. Oshie, the St. Louis Blues weren't quite finished with moves. They have signed former Minnesota Wild forward Kyle Brodziak to a one-year, $900K contract. https://twitter.com/andystrickland/status/616782708157493248 Brodziak, 31, was the first acquisition Wild GM Chuck Fletcher made after taking over the team....
Oilers: Peter Chiarelli's To-Do List
July 1st, 2015 After taking over from Craig MacTavish as general manager of the Edmonton Oilers back in late April, Peter Chiarelli was well aware of the situation he was getting himself into. While he was gifted Connor McDavid at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, the former Boston Bruins GM has wasted little time in trying to put his stamp on this...
Matt Cullen's Future: Is Minnesota an Option?
May 16th, 2015 "I want to be close to home," Nashville Predator center and pending unrestricted free agent Matt Cullen recently told his hometown paper, the Dickinson Press. This doesn't necessarily mean that the Moorhead, MN-native is set on playing for the Minnesota Wild. He also said, "I know already in my head that there's a few places, if I do...
The Defense of Kyle Brodziak
October 5th, 2014 Everybody has a role. Sometimes that role changes rapidly and the shift of expectations doesn't follow quite as quickly. The Wild's Kyle Brodziak has spent large parts of the last two season as the fans' punching bag. But is the ire of fans in the State of Hockey deserved for a player whose role has shifted in a major way during his...
4 Minnesota Wild Players Who Need A Bounce-Back Season
September 5th, 2014 There's an old bit of folk wisdom that I learned from my Grandfather years ago. He'd say, You're not a true Wild fan until you've blamed Mikko Koivu for something. You can probably say the same about Kyle Brodziak. While I've defended Koivu against Wild fans here before, he's among four Minnesota Wild players that need to have a...Brunoesque – Déjà Vu in Colorado
Minnesota Wild fans will not only remember game seven of the 2014 NHL playoffs, they will remember Nino Niederreiter. Nino brought us back to game seven of the Wild’s 2003 playoff series against Colorado in Colorado. It was Andrew Brunette who scored the game winner for the Wild in OT that year. Fast forward to 2014 and game...
Minnesota Wild: Clear the Puck!
April 18th, 2014 Kyle Brodziak and Jared Spurgeon Failed to do that in Game 1 When you outplay your opponent, you should win the game. For the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 at the Pepsi Center in Denver last night, a couple of untimely errors by Kyle Brodziak and Jared Spurgeon proved to the Minnesota Wild that you can outplay your opponent for 57...
